Dental implants and implantation

1. During the first visit, dental implants are placed into the bone and left to engraft for 3-6 months.
2. During the second visit, healing caps are placed on the implant, on which dental crown will be made later. Sometimes these healing caps are placed during the first visit, just after the implantation.
3. During the third stage, dental crown is manufactured and placed on the implant. The crown is customized in size, shape and color to perfectly match the adjacent teeth. After the restoration is finished, new tooth will not differ from natural teeth.

Sometimes it is possible to perform the dental implantation and dental crown placement in one visit or several days. You can eat and smile immediately after treatment. This is possible, when bone in implant area is thick, implant has good primary stability, the occlusion is correct, occlusal loads are not big.

Patient’s general condition is evaluated before dental implantation. Patient is checked for diseases, affecting bone condition (diabetes, rheumatism, multiple sclerosis, tumors, etc.), immune system disorders, cardiovascular diseases (angina pectoris, arrhythmia, hypertension), psychical illnesses, allergic reactions and so on.

Dental implantation is not recommended if recurring oral mucosa diseases and poor oral hygiene are observed, if head and neck radiation therapy was prescribed, also in case of poor anatomical conditions and severe oral pathology.  Each case is assessed individually by a dentist. 

There are plenty of dental implant systems today. Patients often stumble upon huge price differences and ask which implants to choose. There are about 200 dental implant manufacturers in total. As in any field, there are leaders who have good reputation and are likely to produce a good product. Of course, the famous name is also associated with a higher price.

We use Swiss Straumann dental implants. Straumann are oral implantology pioneers, who implanted the first root-form dental implant 40 years ago. These implants are recognized as one of the best engrafting implants in the world – their success rate is 98-100%. It is scientifically proven, that Straumann implants last the longest. Straumann implant manufacturers give the international warranty for life all over the world.

There are many manufacturers of cheap counterfeits who produce famous brands’ copies of questionable quality. This is not necessarily bad for dental implants, but a manufacturer saves money on researches which in leading companies represent the largest share of the cost. Such savings may not look so bad, but the long-term perspective of such dental implants unfortunately cannot be known. Visually, the implant may not differ from the original, but the implant strength and engraftment highly depends on metal selection (always a special class IV Titan), micropreparation of the surface (which cannot be evaluated without a microscope), sterility of the implant. Therefore in developed countries (e.g. USA) the appropriate service (FDA) does not give the permission to use counterfeits: the authorization is only granted if long-term research has shown that dental implants are safe for the patients and carry out their function properly.

• All implantations are performed by a qualified and experienced oral surgeon Mindaugas Neverauskas, who specializes in dental implantation for over 10 years, and has performed thousands of implantations.
• We use reliable and internationally recognized implants (Biohorizons, Straumann, Friadent).
• We perform in-office panoramic X-rays, which is always needed when planning dental implantation.
• If dental implants fail to engraft (which statistically occurs for about 2-3% of patients), our clinic changes them free of charge.
• We use reliable and internationally recognized implants (Biohorizons, Straumann, Dentsply (Xive, Friadent)) at our dental clinic “Pilėnė“ in Vilnius.